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    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of <em>Chinatown</em>

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of Chinatown

    The strange, unlikely events in 1969 that set Robert Towne on a course to write one of the greatest films ever made.

    By Sam Wasson | February 4, 2020

    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    From 1950s L.A. to Savannah's iconic squares, these books bring time and place alive in unforgettable ways.

    By Sarah Pinborough | February 4, 2020

    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Discover the wild, corrupt, uproarious world of Hiaasen's Florida.

    By Neil Nyren | January 30, 2020

    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s <em>The Tall Woman</em>

    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman

    Rediscovering A Lost Classic of Mid-Century Literature

    By Chris McGinley | January 29, 2020

    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    These crime authors broke through in a big way last year. We find out how their lives changed and what they're anticipating ahead.

    By Lisa Levy | January 29, 2020

    How to Travel Like a Crime Novelist

    How to Travel Like a Crime Novelist

    It's all research, especially when you ask about the escape routes.

    By Jeff Gunhus | January 29, 2020

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    By Raymond Fleishchmann | January 24, 2020

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    The books pushing at the boundaries of true crime storytelling.

    By Tobias Carroll | January 24, 2020

    How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

    How to Write a Character with Dissociative Disorder When You Have Dissociative Disorder

    On Writing Trauma and Healing Through Fiction

    By L.A. Villafane | January 22, 2020

    Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

    Searching for a Los Angeles Cop Novel of My Own

    L.A. is a city of iconic crime novels. Lee Goldberg went searching for new terrain.

    By Lee Goldberg | January 21, 2020

    Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen On Writing Together

    Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen On Writing Together

    The mother and son writing duo talk collaboration, conference calls, and killing off beloved characters.

    By Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen | January 16, 2020

    Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

    Why Crime Writers Have to Travel

    On the importance of setting and atmosphere—and the surreal Icelandic summer.

    By Nick Petrie | January 15, 2020

    Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

    Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

    An author pursues her obsessions.

    By Daneet Steffens | January 15, 2020

    When Men Narrate Psychological Thrillers

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    A new subset of books extends the gaslighting and manipulation to the reader, too.

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